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Thirukkural 388

Chapter 39: இறைமாட்சி (The Greatness of a King) · Wealth

Kural 388

முறைசெய்து காப்பாற்றும் மன்னவன் மக்கட்கு
இறையென்று வைக்கப் படும்.

Muraiseydhu Kaappaatrum Mannavan Makkatku
Iraiyendru Vaikkap Patum

Who guards the realm and justice strict maintains, That king as god o'er subject people reigns

Meaning

That king, will be esteemed a God among men, who performs his own duties, and protects (his subjects).

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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